Exam 18: The Rise of Industrial America

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. James Duke, American Tobacco Company

Which of the following statements accurately reflects the differences between single working-class women and married working-class women in the nineteenth century?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. "Yellow dog contracts"

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Homestead Strike

Who led the American Railway Union in the Pullman Strike?

Which of the following best describes economic mobility in late nineteenth century America?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Marxism

Describe the traditional "working-class culture" of skilled craftsmen in the first half of the nineteenth century. How did industrialization affect the working conditions and status of these craftsmen? What did they do in response to industrialization?

How did the changing nature of work affect factory workers' lives, and how did they respond?

Explore how advertising and marketing changed the late 1800s. Who were the major innovators in these areas, and what methods did they use? How successful were they in convincing Americans to try new products?

Why was the Interstate Commerce Commission established?

Immigrants often saw America as a land of opportunity. What was the reality of the opportunity for most immigrants? Did an immigrant's ethnic background-German, Irish, Chinese, Slavic, French-Canadian-have an effect on his or her place in America, particularly in the work force? Explain.

According to the Interstate Commerce Commission, about how many railroad workers were killed or injured on the job in 1889?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Interstate Commerce Act

Who argued that "The law of survival of the fittest was not made by man, and it cannot be abrogated by man. We can only, by interfering with it, produce the survival of the unfittest."?

How did James Duke influence American society in the last 19^th century?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Horatio Alger, "Rags to Riches"

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. J. Pierpont Morgan

Discuss the factors that drew more women into the work force during the second half of the nineteenth century. What kinds of women were likely to work outside their homes? What kind of work was available to them?

In Chester Crocker's testimony about his Chinese workers, why does the questioner link Chinese workers to slaves or mules? Why does he focus on how they were paid? What kinds of bias do the questions display?